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No, it's not Felix Braik, Britch or alike. Let me help you with pronouncing Brych's name: Click on the sound symbol underneath the right "Brych" translation here.

Contrary to first belief, Brych is no medicine. In fact he did a doctorate in law and worked for a financial institute besides his refereeing career. Now he is working for his regional referee department. He even got in conflict with the law once: Some years ago, there were official investigations - it was said that Brych dodged some taxes. The results of the investigations never became public. And yes...he was the one with the ghost goal in Bundesliga. A documentary
- which unfortunately only exists in Thai language so far - shows his
relation to the players, his way of communication and his team behind
the scenes.

Brych is the EURO Referee with the highest number of Champions League matches (37).

Refereeing Style

Authoritarian. Felix Brych usually keeps his matches under full control and maintains more distance to the players than most other officials. He achieves that with the aid of a quite strict approach as well as by preferring a relatively authoritarian interaction with the players. You will probably see him yelling at players at times and making his typical forefinger gestures which are not that respectful for many people. Maybe he is the most authoritarian referee among all EURO officials - nonetheless, his style can be described as quite modern, probably supported by his optic.

His signs of recognition. Standing left to the midfield line at kick-offs, finishing matches 20 seconds too early, but keeping full control in even difficult matches: This sounds like a typical Brych game.

Brych definitely belongs to the extended pool of referees with chances to referee the last matches including the final. He strongly depends on what "Die Mannschaft" does. At the last five big tournaments, Germany's national team always reached the semifinals - which could rule him out.